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The edition I read was one with a fine Introduction by one Harry Hansen, who apparently had also served in The War to End All Wars. In it, he quotes Remarque:
I was suffering from rather severe attacks of despondency. In an effort to overcome them I sought quite consciously for the cause of my depression. By this intentional analysis I came back to my life during the war. I was able to observe something quite similar in many friends and acquaintances. The shadow of the war hung over us even when...more
I listened to the whole book in one afternoon. The narrator for this version of the audiobook (Frank Mueller) did an excellent job with the narration and the poetic rhythm of the language. The book is heartbreaking and evocative. It definitely deserves its place among the classics of Western literature.
I don't know how I managed to miss this one until now. I'd heard of it, of course, but somehow never had it assigned in school and never picked it up.
Highly recommended if you can handle how devas ...more
I don't know how I managed to miss this one until now. I'd heard of it, of course, but somehow never had it assigned in school and never picked it up.
Highly recommended if you can handle how devas ...more
Remarque beautifully pairs sensory detail with raw emotion. On the edge of my seat the entire read, silently rooting for our good friend, Paul.
It may be a classic, but I just couldn't get through it.
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